Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2019 ACF ACYF CZ 1557
The National Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Tribes (CBCT) grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2019 ACF ACYF CZ 1557) is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau. It funds a single national center through a cooperative agreement, meaning the awardee would carry out the work in close collaboration with the federal agency rather than operating entirely independently. The overall goal is to strengthen tribal child welfare systems and support tribes and states in making lasting, system-level improvements that increase safety, permanency, and well-being for American Indian and Alaska Native children, youth, and families.
At the heart of the opportunity is the creation of a national “hub” for coordinated, culturally competent training and technical assistance (T/TA) for Title IV-B and Title IV-E child welfare programs serving American Indian and Alaska Native Nations. The CBCT is expected to function as the primary provider of tribal-focused capacity building support across a range of intensity levels: universal services that are broadly available, targeted services for specific needs or groups, and intensive services for complex challenges requiring deeper engagement. The center is also expected to work in coordination with other Children’s Bureau-supported initiatives, so that tribes and states experience assistance that is aligned, not fragmented across multiple federal projects.
A major emphasis of the CBCT is strengthening collaboration between tribal and state child welfare systems. The announcement highlights peer-to-peer consultation as a key strategy, encouraging direct learning and problem-solving exchanges between tribes and states on child welfare policy and practice issues. In practical terms, this can include helping jurisdictions address shared challenges such as jurisdictional coordination, case practice, court processes, data and compliance needs, workforce development, and culturally grounded service delivery. The CBCT is also tasked with increasing tribal access to Children’s Bureau supports and improving awareness and utilization of what the center offers, so that more tribal programs can benefit from training, coaching, tools, and tailored consultation.
Cultural competence is not treated as an optional feature but as a central mission requirement. The CBCT is expected to elevate tribal voices within both tribal and state child welfare systems and help reduce cultural barriers that can impede effective permanency outcomes for Native children. The funding opportunity specifically calls for supporting innovative projects that help tribal systems implement a broad range of culturally responsive permanency options, including approaches that align with tribal traditions, community structures, and the best interests of Native children and youth. The intent is to support permanency in ways that respect identity, kinship networks, and community connections, while improving outcomes and reducing avoidable obstacles in adoption or other permanency pathways.
The center’s capacity-building role is described broadly to include tribal agencies, tribal courts, and tribal organizations that play a role in child welfare. The CBCT is expected to help build the administrative and programmatic capacity necessary for successful operation of child welfare programs and delivery of effective services. This includes helping tribes identify and respond to their unique needs, strengthen child welfare practices, and implement sustainable improvements. The announcement also indicates that the CBCT will promote the development and delivery of culturally appropriate resources for tribal child welfare professionals and tribal nations, including training curricula, practical tools, products, coaching, and tailored consultation designed around tribal contexts rather than generic child welfare models.
From an applicant and award perspective, this opportunity was open to a wide range of eligible entities, including federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, state and local governments, public and private institutions of higher education, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, and the program is designed as a 60-month (five-year) effort, reflecting the long-term nature of systemic change work. The award ceiling listed is $3,770,700, with one expected award, indicating the federal government intended to select a single organization (or lead applicant with partners) to operate the national center.
Key administrative details from the notice include the original posting date of April 19, 2019, and an original closing date of June 18, 2019, with applications due electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The activity category is Income Security and Social Services, and the CFDA numbers associated with the opportunity are 93.648, 93.652, and 93.658, which correspond to Children’s Bureau child welfare program areas often connected to service and systems support work. Overall, the opportunity is designed to fund a national technical assistance center that can help tribal child welfare programs strengthen their infrastructure, practice, and partnerships in culturally grounded ways, with the end goal of better and more enduring outcomes for Native children and families.Apply for HHS 2019 ACF ACYF CZ 1557
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Tribes" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.648, 93.652, 93.658.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 19, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 18, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,770,700.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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